<p>Just a few questions for those of you enrolled, if you would be kind enough to answer...</p>
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<li>How diverse is the campus and do groups 'mingle' or stick to themselves (i.e. asians stay with asians, blacks stay with blacks, etc.)?</li>
<li>How 'Catholic' is the school? Is Mass offered in the dorms (like at Notre Dame) and is there a real presence of catholic studnts?</li>
<li>How is the band and do students have 'school spirit' regarding sporting events?</li>
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<p>Thanks!
T</p>
<p>Hi taben1112!</p>
<p>I’m a current senior at SLU so I thought I’d give your questions a go:</p>
<p>1) The campus is pretty diverse given that it tends to attract the middle-class, white, private high school contingent. Still, diversity is pretty visible and our cultural student organizations (ie: International Student Federation, Black Student Alliance, Hindu Student Association) are strong and definitely make their presence known on campus. As to the mingling, it really depends. I would say that individuals are extremely friendly (as is pretty much everyone at SLU) and that its easy to make friends with diverse people, but students of a certain culture/heritage do tend to form groups within themselves.</p>
<p>2) SLU definitely offers all the things that you would expect of a Catholic university. There is mass every day in College Church, and mass rotates through the dorms throughout the week. (Thursday night is Spanish Mass in the Global Villa!!) The student-led masses on Sundays are SPECTACULAR and led by the Jesuits that live/work on campus. There are also Catholic student groups like Knights of Columbus and Daughters of Isabella, plus general faith sharing groups like Christian Life Communities and the Interfaith Alliance.</p>
<p>3) The band is awesome. They are definitely one of the top two main vehicles of school spirit at any sporting event (up there with the leaders of the SLUnatics, our student cheering section). The songs they do are fun and creative, and they put their own spin on everything. School spirit for sports really depends on the sport, how good the team is, and if there are any free things being offered at the game. You can usually count on the first 4-7 rows of the student section to be crazy as all get out, with the rest of the student section kind of echoing the energy of those first rows. The leaders of the SLUnatics really try to get everyone involved, even handing out their own signs/cardboard cutouts for people to use. If you really want to get involved in sports fanaticism, I’d say join that group.</p>
<p>I hope this helps! :)</p>
<p>What would you say is the average workload for students?</p>
<p>Hi stellamoseley!</p>
<p>The average workload depends on what the program is. </p>
<p>Any health care-oriented program is going to be challenging because you will have a lot of science-based classes that require a lot of work and lab time. The same goes for engineering. </p>
<p>In the business school, I can say right off the bat that Accounting and Finance will be a lot of work, with ITM getting heavier as you advance through the program. Other business areas (ie: Marketing, International Business, Management, Entrepreneurship) aren’t bad at all. That’s mostly because the business school expects its students to be able to have outside internships and such during the school year. Very valuable!</p>
<p>One of my roommates is a Social Work major, and she says its not work-intensive at all. My other roommate is a Psych major and she says the workload gets heavier as you get into research-y areas in 300/400 level classes. </p>
<p>Those are really the only programs I can speak to directly. One of the common themes among SLU students is that everyone is very involved in something (or many things) on campus, so rest assured that you will have time to be involved in activities you love :)</p>
<p>Questions from d101daughter: How is the sorority system? I want to be in a sorority, but how is it when there is no house and instead you live in the dorms? Is it still fun?</p>
<p>Also, how is the trek to the medical campus? As a freshman physical therapy student, would I have to go there, or is it just for upperclassmen? Is it really a long walk…is it a pain to get there?</p>
<p>Thanks summer07, that was really helpful :)</p>